On 2011/03/03 12:18 (GMT-0600) Charles Miller composed:
I'll interpret that as saying that I would be pretending because the web doesn't allow type design in any meaningful sense. That's useful to hear.
Not in any meaningful sense is wrong, but there are considerable limitations, not the least of which is that device pixel density is so low. Until it gets into the 300 DPI range, which is beyond the foreseeable future, there will always be rounding differences and/or undesired results from attempts to do what has always been a given in print.
In the larger (older) world of type, some fonts are naturally spaced to fit tight. Some loose. Seems on topic in this thread to ask if the few fonts we use for web text vary in fit? How do Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, and Verdana compare in "natural" not-adjusted letter-spacing?
http://fm.no-ip.com/Auth/Font/fonts-mswbfnts.html and the pages on the page it links from enable you to see for yourself, but other than Verdana & DejaVu/Bitstream Vera Sans being a bit wider and Tahoma having nearly none, the common fonts differ little. -- "How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver." Proverbs 16:16 NKJV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
